DAHLIAS are, in my opinion, an essential addition to any summer garden, but spring is the perfect time to make more plants for free. Dahlias have come in and out of fashion over the years, but there ...

Let’s face it: dahlia tubers or plants aren’t exactly cheap to buy, especially when purchasing in bulk. This growing season, for instance, I spent close to $120 for eight new dahlia plants. While ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Propagating dahlias can be done through division, cuttings, or seeds. Division involves using tubers, clones of mother plants, to ...

DIVISION is rather a slow way of building up your stock of dahlias and, if you want large numbers of a particular variety in a hurry, you should take cuttings. Do this as soon as the tubers have put ...

There is nothing like some vigorous exercise to get the blood flowing and Tree Dahlias need to be cut to the ground every year at any time through the winter and as soon as the weather starts to warm, ...

Root cuttings need reasonable compost, a moderate but steady temperature, space and a little patience. But, unlike stem or leaf cuttings, root cuttings develop underground so you can't see what's ...

This column contains a string of motives. First, it’s about a very popular group of garden plants: Dahlias. Many gardeners find dahlias very appealing, along with roses, irises, succulents and ...

MANILA, Philippines - Rooting hormones or substances that promote the development of roots are used to increase the percentage of rooting on cuttings. Rooting hormones are called auxins. Auxins ...